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ESPN Acquires Cable And ‘Expansive’ Digital Rights For Tennis’ US Open - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 12 May 2008 08:09 AM PST

The US Open moves to ESPN (NYSE: DIS) in 2009, giving the Disney sports unit bragging rights for the tennis Grand Slam: US Open, Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.…

Earnings: Disney Q1 Beats Estimates Handily; Net Income Up 22 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 01:02 PM PST

The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company disappointed only the naysayers today for the most part today, turning in yet another quarter of the kind that produces gushing from the TV…

Earnings Preview: Disney, News Corp.; Plus ValueClick, United Online, Macrovision, THQI, TechTarget - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 10:51 AM PST

We’re past a lot of the big ones, but this is another crazy week for earnings. So far today, we’ve heard from Alibaba, Playboy and WWE. Up next: -- Disney:…

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EconSM Video: Keynote Q&A: Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group - 3 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 02 May 2008 09:00 AM PST

On Tuesday we had our second Economics of Social Media conference and, as promised, we’ll be posting videos here of all the sessions. Below, our Keynote Q&A with Steve Wadsworth,…

ABC.com Testing Multiple Commercials For Online TV Episodes - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 02 May 2008 04:43 AM PST

Disney-ABC Television Group plans to test viewer reaction to the presence of multiple commercials within long-form online videos on its ABC.com streaming media player, THR reports. It’s fairly standard for…

@ Econ SM: Keynote Q&A Steve Wadsworth; The Problem Is Too Many Measurements - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:47 AM PST

Just in case you were curious: The Miley Cyrus pictures will not be appearing on Disney.com anytime soon, at least according to Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group (NYSE:…

Disney’s SOAPnet Adds To The Ad Net Glut - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 15 Apr 2008 08:00 PM PST

Another day, another media company forms an ad network… Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) SOAPnet is the latest to start its own vertical ad net. Disney plans to announce Wednesday that the…

Making (Lots Of) Money From Online Video Will Be Top Of Mind At NAB - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 13 Apr 2008 07:38 PM PST

Expect a lot of talk this week at the National Association of Broadcasters’ Las Vegas conference about the same thing constantly on broadcasters’ minds: how to make money online. Whether…

Disney Interactive Studios Buys Chinese Gaming Studio Gamestar - 0 Comments
Posted By Pearl Research - Mon 07 Apr 2008 12:14 PM PST

Disney Interactive Studios, the gaming arm of Disney (NYSE: DIS), is buying Gamestar, a Chinese independent video game software developer with locations in Shanghai and Wuhan. Gamestar has been in…

ESPN Syndicating Video Through Portal For First Time; ESPN Channel Launches On AOL - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 07 Apr 2008 03:00 AM PST

Back in 2004, ESPN (NYSE: DIS) ended a three-year relationship with MSN designed to boost the sports site’s traffic while giving the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) portal much-needed content. Among other…

ESPN Acquires Girls Basketball Site Hoopgurlz - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:22 AM PST

ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has acquired girls-focused basketball site Hoopgurlz.com. The Seattle-based site, which reports on high school and college basketball, offers tournament listings, player profiles, message boards, player blogs and…

ESPN Pulls The Plug On Ad Network; Millard Warns About Treating Ads Like Pork Bellies - 3 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 24 Mar 2008 05:10 AM PST

With nearly every media company getting in the ad network game—the latest entrant being Forbes—one major player is bucking the trend. ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has ended its arrangement with Specific…

Inside The Deals: AOL May Be Worth More Than You Think - 3 Comments
Posted By Steve Rosenbush - Wed 19 Mar 2008 07:49 PM PST

Ed. Note: Welcome to the second edition of Inside The Deals, a weekly column about M&A in the media written by veteran business journalist Steve Rosenbush. Steve is based in…

Doing The Bristol Stomp: ESPN Responds To Criticism For Multi-Platform Approach - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 17 Mar 2008 08:00 PM PST

I wrote some long stories for the Sports Business Journal but nothing comes close to John Ourand’s magnum opus on ESPN (NYSE: DIS) in this week’s issue. Ourand, who worked…

Friday Video: Bob Iger, CEO Of Disney, On Club Penguin Buy - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 14 Mar 2008 09:39 AM PST

Via our friends at Beet.tv, a clip from the Media Summit which happened earlier this week in NYC -- Bob Iger, CEO of Disney (NYSE: DIS), speaking on social media…

@ Media Summit: Disney’s Iger: ‘Will Buy Something’ That Adds Value—AOL Not On The List - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 12 Mar 2008 06:15 AM PST

Bob Iger, Disney’s president and CEO, has a Facebook page, but he only has two friends. He tells John Byrne, executive editor, BusinessWeek, in a Q&A at the opening of…

Iger: $1 Billion From Online Content Revenues in 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 10 Mar 2008 09:12 PM PST

So said Bob Iger at the Bear Stearns media conference today, in an otherwise lackluster interview. He said that Disney (NYSE: DIS) expects $1 billion in online content/services revenues in…

Disney’s Iger Sketches Web Plans For TV Classics; No Decision On Ad-Support Vs. Subscription - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 07 Mar 2008 02:17 PM PST

With DVD shelf space at retailers becoming increasingly crowded, Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger hopes to move some of its TV shows from the past 50 years to its…

Six Media Names On Weather Channel Suitors List; $5 Billion Asking Price Too High: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 06 Mar 2008 07:57 AM PST

A few more details on the upcoming Weather Channel action… NYT reports that there are six media firms interested in buying the network: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), General Electric (NYSE:…

Disney Tries Again: Launches MVNO With Softbank In Japan - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 03 Mar 2008 10:32 AM PST

Following two failed MVNOs in the US, Disney (NYSE: DIS) has gone to Japan, where on Saturday, it launched an MVNO--Disney Mobile--with Softbank, the country’s third largest operator. AFP reports…

Disney Launching Its Separate Digital Production Unit Stage 9 With “Squeegees” - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 28 Feb 2008 07:52 AM PST

First there were reports of the unit’s delays; now comes a puff piece in LA Times about the launch: Disney (NYSE: DIS) is formally launching a separate digital production unit…

ABC, Affiliates Reach ‘Landmark Agreement’ To Lift Repurposing Limits, Give Local Content, Ads - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 25 Feb 2008 09:50 AM PST

ABC is reporting a deal with its affiliates today that gives the network much more leeway for repurposing content across platforms and alleviates affiliate concerns about the network providing VOD…

Disney Forms Games & Communities Online Unit - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Feb 2008 07:16 PM PST

Disney (NYSE: DIS), through WDIG, has created a new team called Disney Online Studios, to focus on games, virtual worlds and online social communities...the unit will include the creators of…

Disney Buys Stake In India’s UTV: Ups Stake To 32.1 Pc For $200M - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 18 Feb 2008 01:27 AM PST

Update: Looks like Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) got it wrong: I just spoke to a UTV spokesperson, who told me that Disney’s open offer to UTV Software shareholders is a part…

@ NBA Tech Summit: ESPN360 Adds HD - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 15 Feb 2008 08:02 AM PST

Some broadband networks have been pulling back from HD broadband but ESPN360.com will start to provide the higher-quality experience with its NBA game this Wednesday. It’s a combination of 16:9…